Tobacco can and receptacle



F. LEWITZ.

TOBACGD CAN AND RECEPTAGL APPLIGA'TION FILED APR. 14, 1910v fitented Jan. 10, 19111 INVENTOR WITNESSES- vide a receptacle of the above type with a UNITED sures PAT NT OFFICE.

FRIEDRICH LEWITZ .OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

TOBACCO CAN AND RECEPTACLE Specification of Letters Patent. 7 Patented an. 10, 1911.

Application filed Apri1'14, 1910. Serial 1701555339.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FnrnoRIcH Lnwrrz, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania,-have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tobacco Cans and Receptacles, of which the .ollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing. This invention relates to tobacco cans and receptacles, and the rimary object of my invention is to provide a can or receptacle with a pipe cleaner and matches for the conve'nience of a erson who smokes a pipe.

Another ob ect of this invention is to propocket .or compartment hat can be embodied in the receptacle when manufacturing the same without additional expense or labor.

A further object of this invention is to provide a tobacco can or receptacle that can be used for advertisement purposes, and the can is so constructed as to retain the contents thereof in a perfect condition withoutmaking any sacrifices for the addition of the pipe cleaner and matches.

. These and such other objects as may here'-' inafter appear are attained by-"the novel construction, combination and arrangement 'of parts to be hcrelnafter specifically le scribed and then claimed.

Reference Wlll now be had to the drawing forming a part of this specification, wherein:

Figure l is a side elevation of a can constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 1s a similar view partly-broken away and partly in section. Fig. 3' is a horizontal sectional v1ew;of the can. Fig. 4: 1s a vertical sect-ional'view' of the same partly broken away. Fig. 5 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view of a portion of the can showing the vertical sea-1n thereof. Fig. 6 is an elevation of a portion of a blank adapted to form the body of the can. Fig. 7 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of a portion of a modified form of can, and Fig 8 is a perspective view of a portion of a detached pocket piece or partition. 1

In the accompanying drawings the reference numeral 1 denotes a blank piece of metal-adapted to be bent 'toform an oblon receptacle 2. Oneof the vertical edges 0 the blank piece of metal 1 has the upper edges thereof cut away, as at 3, to form a tongue 4, and this tongue, together with the Opposite edge of the blank is adapted be bent, whereby the edges will be interlocked and a pocket .or compartment formed within the receptacle 2. The manner of bending the o0 edges of the blank to form the pocket and seam is as follows: The .tongue 4 is bent ,rearwardly, as at 5, to form a vertical groove 6. The tongue is then bent upon itself, as at 7 and carried inwardly and bent to form a-- edge of the tongue, and then the edge-of the I blank is. carried downwardly into the vertical groove 6, thus locking the edges of the blank to form the oblong structure shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

The upper and lower edges ofthe blank are then reamed to form-ribs 10 and 11, the rib 11 providing a seat inthe inner walls of the receptacle for a bottom plate 12 that can be easily sprung into said seat, said bottom plate conforming in plan to the cross sectional area of the receptacle 2 and being made of pasteboard, metal or any sultable material. 1

Connected to the lower 'edgoiof tge "me-1' matches, and connected to the upper edge of the structure, as at 15, is a lid 16 adapted to close the upper end thereof. 'In the pocket or compartment 8 is placed a pipe cleaner 17, which is bent upon itself, as at 18, where v by a pipe cleaner of considerable length can be arranged in the pocket. The pipecleaner is of a conventional form, preferably a piece of. wire provided with fabric adapted to absorb or remove foreign matter from a pipe'stem or mouth-piece.

Instead of providing the tongue 4 in connection with the blank 1 an ordinary tobacco can or box can have the Wall thereof provided with openings 19 and against the inner side of the wall can be mounted a U- shaped pocket piece or partition 20 having malleable lugs or prongs 21 adapted toextend through the openings 19 and. be

clenched or bent against the outer side of the Wall, thus providing a pocket 22 in which a pipe cleaner can be mounted.

I do not care; to confine myself to the use matches. I

In making the tongue 4; part cf the can' blank, I am enabled gig 'cf the pocket 8 for a pipe cleaner, as in seine instances this-pocket can be dispensed with and the pipe cleaner coiled or folded and placed in the pocket 13 together with the 'tion of the length pol tion of the receptacle, said tongue further bent upon itself and connected together to provide an interierly-ai'ranged compartment .or pocket Within and extending in the direcof'the body-portion, a closure for one end a hingedlid connected to the other end of the b0dy-p0rtion.

of the body-portion, and I In testimony whereof I afifix my signeture in the presence of two Witnesses. v

FRIEDRICH LEWITZ.

Witnesses:

MAX H. SROLOVITh, K. H. BUTLER; 

